Chapter 6 Aunt Yang is worried about her daughter
After Ting Shixuan left, Jiang Huaishan returned to Huaixinyuan where he was.

This is the courtyard in the center of the Jiang Mansion. The terrain is open, and there is a bamboo forest planted against the wall in front of the door. Whenever the breeze blows, the bamboo fragrance can be heard through the wind into the nose, making people feel relaxed and happy.

As soon as Jiang Huaishan entered the courtyard, he saw his aunt Yang waiting there with a food box in her hand. She was gentle and pretty, with the tenderness of a southern woman.

"This servant greets the master."

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Not long after, the third young lady has been clamoring for ice cream these past two days, so I made some. Thinking that the master also likes sweet things, I sent a bowl over for you to try."

As they were talking, the two of them opened the curtain and went into the house. There was ice inside, so it was much cooler than outside.

Aunt Yang placed the food box on the eight-immortals table and immediately went forward to help Jiang Huaishan change his clothes. After he changed into a refreshing thin shirt and robe, he sat down and took out the bowl of ice cream and tasted a few bites.

"Your food always tastes good, but eating too much in the summer will upset your stomach. You should cook less for Shu'er in the future. Take care of your body and you will suffer less in the future."

"Yes, the servant knows."

The Shu'er that Jiang Huaishan mentioned was naturally the third daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Shishu, born to Aunt Yang.

There was a sickly older sister and a successful second sister in the mansion, so the third sister, who was in the same position, was even more inconspicuous. When Jiang Shiyuan's mother, Wang, was alive, she often took them sisters to various occasions and never judged their status based on whether they were legitimate or illegitimate. Therefore, Aunt Yang was grateful to the eldest lady from the bottom of her heart.

But the good days didn't last long, and the first lady passed away.

The backyard was under the management of the old lady. Because she listened to the instigation of the second lady Zhang, she often looked down on the concubines and their children. Not to mention sending people to the house to see them, she never even thought of bringing them to the daily banquets. Therefore, concubine Yang became anxious.

Seeing her daughter getting older year by year, she will be coming of age at this time next year, but there is no one in the family to visit her. How can she, as a mother, not worry?

She twirled the handkerchief in her hand but still could not utter a complete sentence. Jiang Huaishan had been an official in the court for decades and had some ability to read people's expressions. Seeing that the person in front of him seemed hesitant to speak, he roughly guessed what she was thinking.

"Why, is there something wrong with Shu'er?"

Aunt Yang smiled bitterly, put aside the worry in her heart, and said with a bit of grievance.

"The second young lady in the mansion got married last month, and I gave birth to the third young lady. I hope she can find a good husband. I don't ask for her to be rich, but as long as she has a clean family background and is considerate and motivated. But I went to see the old lady several times and was sent back. There is no mistress in the courtyard who can manage the affairs. This matter has been dragging on without a conclusion, so I really don't know who to ask for help. Now I come to ask the master for mercy. The third young lady will be a marriageable girl next year. Her family background is low to begin with. If she gets older, I'm afraid that good families will look down on her."

When she said this, she was holding back the tears in her eyes. Jiang Huaishan saw it and felt a little more guilty. He sighed and said.

"It's my fault that I was so busy with official duties outside every day that I forgot that Shu'er was old enough to discuss marriage."

He was not a lustful man and had only one wife and one concubine in his life.

Ever since his wife passed away, he gave up the idea of ​​remarrying. With a considerate concubine Yang serving him in the room, he just lived his life one day at a time. If she hadn't come to him crying and begging him today, he really wouldn't have thought about these things.

So, he reached out and pulled her, asking her to sit in front of him. Aunt Yang felt that it was against the rules and wanted to refuse, but she could not break free of her master's hand. She had to half-sit on the round stool, feeling a little uneasy.

"Today I am going to take Anian to visit my mother-in-law at the Marquis' Mansion. If Shu'er has nothing to do, let her go with us. Since Anian came back, the two sisters haven't spent much time together. They should take care of each other."

"No, no, the third young lady doesn't know anything. If she needs to be taken care of, it's because the eldest young lady is kind-hearted and considerate of her younger sister." Yang never overstepped the line. Born into a good family, she would not have entered the mansion as a concubine if her family had not fallen into poverty. Therefore, for more than ten years, she had never played any tricks or used any means in this courtyard. Jiang Huaishan saw this clearly.

"In a few days, the students who are going to Beijing for the imperial examination will gather in Xijing City. I will find someone to interview and pick out a few with clean family backgrounds and kind people. If they are capable, Shuer's life will be easier in the future."

Hearing this, Aunt Yang wanted to kowtow to her master Jiang Huaishan and spoke with tears in her eyes as she expressed her gratitude.

"Thank you, my Lord. I don't ask for the other party's family background to be rich, as long as he doesn't let the third young lady suffer."

Her demands were never high, and Jiang Huaishan understood that, so after helping her up, he gave her some instructions.

"Go back and tell Shu'er first. Today is the Marquis's family banquet and we can't delay."

"Yes, yes, I will go right away."

When Aunt Yang left, she was so happy that she even forgot to take the lunch box. She quickly ran to the Third Miss's Yunshu Pavilion to tell her the good news. Then she quickly dressed up her daughter and took her to Tingshixuan.

In the main room, Jiang Shiyuan was a little surprised to hear that his third sister was coming, but it was not a good idea to let them wait outside in such a bright day, so he opened his mouth and gave an order to the maid Liuhua.

"Please invite Third Sister and Aunt Yang in to talk."

"Yes, girl."

Aunt Yang was a little nervous. She had not gotten close to the eldest girl since she paid her respects once on the day she returned home. She was afraid that outsiders would say that she was trying to get close to the legitimate daughter. Now that she had brought her daughter to visit, she always felt that something was wrong.

But now, she could only give up her most worthless face and dignity, and hope that the eldest girl could be as kind-hearted as the former lady, and protect the third girl a little.

After entering the door, Aunt Yang and the third Miss Jiang Shishu came forward to greet them.

"This servant has met the young lady."

"Sister has met elder sister."

Both mother and daughter were of the gentlest nature, which reminded Jiang Shiyuan of the past. At that time, she was sick and not good at needlework, so Aunt Yang and her third sister helped to embroider her wedding dress.

The stitching is fine and the colors are exquisite.

Many years later, some people still said that her wedding dress was exquisitely crafted. She wanted to express her gratitude, but when she heard that her third sister had married far away in Wangzhou and Aunt Yang had died of illness, she gave up.

Now seeing the two of them appear together, it brought back her memories.

With a smile on his lips, he stood up and helped the two of them, asked Liuhua and Luoluo to bring stools over for them, and asked in a cheerful voice.

"How come Auntie and Third Sister have time to come here today?"

"I...I heard that the master was going to take the eldest daughter out, so I begged the master to take the third daughter out to see the world. This child has hardly been out since the death of the first lady. She has been locked up in the house and is now afraid of strangers."